Teaching Ideas and Resources

Teaching Ideas and Resources

Websites

Teacher Resources
http://www.teachingheart.net/
http://www.lauracandler.com/
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/

Reader’s Theater
http://www.aaronshep.com/
Websites for Children
http://www.spinandspell.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/flash/game.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/penguins_on_ice/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
http://www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales.asp
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/coconuts/coconuts.html
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/home.html
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/
http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/index.shtml
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1510

Mentor Texts

Amelia’s Notebook (excerpts) By Marissa Moss

• Personalizing the Writer’s Notebook
• What can go in a Writer’s Notebook.

Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
Procedural (noise level in a WW session)

• Expectations, routines, and rules in reading workshop
• How to use the writer’s notebook (how often and how long to write)

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

• What is in a name? Children write about the meaning of their name and how they feel about it.

Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco

• Making a list of memories

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco

• Introduction to personal narrative
• Making lists to write from

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Di Camillo
Personal narrative components:

• Main Character
• Organization: Beginning, middle, and end
• Setting: Time and place
• Dialogue
• Sentence structure: Sentence types, capitalization, and punctuation
• simple sentences
• Adding details
• Using adjectives (and nouns)
• Using the 5Ws and the H

Procedural

• Revising
• Editing
• Conferencing
• Using a spelling "try sheet"
• publishing

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon by Paula Danzinger
and
Friday Night is Papa Night by Ruth A. Sonneborn
Realistic Fiction components

• Main Character
• Organization: Beginning, middle, and end
• Setting: Time and place
• Dialogue
• Sentence structure: Sentence types
• Adding details
• Using adjectives
• Using the 5Ws and the H

Procedural

• Revising
• Editing
• Conferencing
• publishing

Field Trip Facts Notes from Ms. Frizzle’s Class The Magic School Bus
Planet Earth Animals and Their Prey ScholasticInc.

• Informational Report Writing
• Organization and development of ideas
• Main Ideas
• Supporting details
• Sentence variation: Beginning sentences in different ways
• Writing good leads (leads that hook)
• Using organizers
• Word choice
• Using Illustrations

Professional Resources

• Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades by Debbie Miller
• On Solid Ground: Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3 by Sharon Taberski
• Craft Lessons Teaching Writing k-8 by Ralph Fletcher
• Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide by Ralph Fletcher
• Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the writer's Notebook by Aimee Buckner
• Revisiting The Reading Workshop: Management, Mini-lessons, and Strategies (1-5) by Barbara Orehovec
• Just-Right Writing Mini-Lessons Grades 2-3 by Cheryl M. Sigmon

Website
Teacher Resources
http://www.teachingheart.net/
http://www.lauracandler.com/
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/
Websites for Children
http://www.spinandspell.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/flash/game.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/penguins_on_ice/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp
http://www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales.asp
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/coconuts/coconuts.html
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/home.html
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/
http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/index.shtml
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1510
Reader’s Theater
http://www.aaronshep.com/